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Emma Amelia <I>Westerfield</I> Sharp

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Emma Amelia Westerfield Sharp

Birth
Bloomington, McLean County, Illinois, USA
Death
20 Feb 1921 (aged 70)
Rosebud, Rosebud County, Montana, USA
Burial
Auburn, Nemaha County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
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Emma Amelia (Westerfield) Sharp was born February 18, 1851 in Bloomington, McClean Co., Illinois, the youngest child of seven children born to Aaron Monfort and Deziah (Sloan) Westerfield. Her mother died shortly after Emma's birth and in 1855, her father married Eliza Thomas, who helped raise Aaron's children.

On April 22, 1865, L. M. Lewis, Justice of the Peace married 29 year old Peter Alexander Sharp and 14 year-old Emma Amelia Westerfield in Lewiston Fulton Co., Illinois. Due to her young age, Emma’s father A.M. Westerfield gave his consent for marriage to Peter.

Emma died February 20, 1921 at her son Andrew's home in Rosebud Montana due to diabetic coma.

NOTE: Emma's death certificate states she was born 18 Feb 1849 (signed by son, Andrew C. Sharp) while her headstone states 1851.
Emma Amelia (Westerfield) Sharp was born February 18, 1851 in Bloomington, McClean Co., Illinois, the youngest child of seven children born to Aaron Monfort and Deziah (Sloan) Westerfield. Her mother died shortly after Emma's birth and in 1855, her father married Eliza Thomas, who helped raise Aaron's children.

On April 22, 1865, L. M. Lewis, Justice of the Peace married 29 year old Peter Alexander Sharp and 14 year-old Emma Amelia Westerfield in Lewiston Fulton Co., Illinois. Due to her young age, Emma’s father A.M. Westerfield gave his consent for marriage to Peter.

Emma died February 20, 1921 at her son Andrew's home in Rosebud Montana due to diabetic coma.

NOTE: Emma's death certificate states she was born 18 Feb 1849 (signed by son, Andrew C. Sharp) while her headstone states 1851.

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